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It’s boys vs. girls when the noisiest, most talkative, and most competitive fifth graders in history challenge one another to see who can go the longest without talking. Teachers and school administrators are in an uproar, until an innovative teacher sees how the kids’ experiment can provide a terrific and unique lesson in communication. In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life.

A variation on FRINDLE, as a no-talking competition between boys and girls draws the fifth grade into conflict with the principal. The prank here is more practical, and seems more doable, and the life lesson that results seems more profound.

This book really fits me! Just like me, I talk and talk and talk and talk and talk. That's why I pretended my new name was Mr. Unshushable. It's very funny in some parts and addictive in others. It's very IMAGINATIVE. I don't think even I could think up a story THAT super!